Q. I live in Zone 10 Orange County, CA and am ready to start my planting. What herbs/veg/berries/fruit can I begin to plant? Is there a site that guides me by month? A. First: There is no exhaustive list of jobs to do online for your climate zone, but my month-by-month Southern California garden books […]
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Categories : Garden Q & A, Month by Month Gardening
Question from Jane: Help! We need a hardy, fast-growing backyard tree, evergreen, low-water, tolerates clay-ish soil, 30-45 ft tall. We’re in old La Mesa, zone 23. Neighbors built a tall, horribly ugly addition, right up to property lines, on their box/house. We have a split level house, 2 stories tall in back,and after losing our […]
Question from Robin: Quick question: I have almost zero fruit on my all my fruit trees this year. There were loads of blossoms in March and then the hail and cold snap seemed to strip the trees. What can be done to encourage re-bloom on the apples. And is there anyway to intensify the sweetness […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Bonnie: I always thought you should plant in Spring so the plant has time to grow before summer temperatures rise. Just so I can understand can you please give me a short explanation of why you would plant in Fall. Is Fall just for San Diego natives or for all plants? Thanks for […]
Suggestions re Flowering vine or hedge as divider
Saturday,
December
7th,
2013
Question from Diane: I live in middle of Los Angeles (Hancock Park red clay soil) and have cyclone fence between new neighbors and my yard. Old divider was eugenia hedge now removed. East/south facing so sun most of the day. Think Jasmine, potato vine, wisteria would get too thick. Any other suggestions? Passion vine too […]
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Gardening Question from Shushilla: My clivia is severely rootbound, basically there is no more soil in the pot. If I cut through the roots to separate, will I kill the plants? This has been planted for at least 8 years and I have 3 other pots in the same condition. Thanks so much. Answer from […]
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Categories : Pots & Containers
Question: I heard you speak at the Fallbrook Garden Club. I ordered your most current book tonight. Which of your books (or is there a book that isn’t yours that you recommend?) would have the most information on drought-resistant plants for us in Fallbrook who don’t have much water? I assume succulents and cacti are […]
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Romancing the Garden: A philosophy of gardening Pt 3
Saturday,
December
20th,
2014
The next step is: How do you carry it out? Mine in a nutshell is: “Create a romantic garden and then live in it.” A Paradise Garden The Garden of Eden Dictionary definition of romance: “Imagination, love, idealization, wafting one to another time or place excitement, love, and adventure of the kind found in romantic literature. […]
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